![]() ![]() I am so thankful to say that all those years of only doing math for about 30 minutes each week do not seem to have harmed him in the least.Īnother fun way to explore or practice the exact same problems as this Sixth Grade Minimalist Math curriculum is by using my math cards included in my Patreon membership community. While extended time sitting at the table doing math problems over and over was too much for him in first grade, now that he is 12 he doesn’t mind it. In the beginning, he was a little overwhelmed with the quantity of work, but he adjusted over a month or two and grew to really like it. ![]() Now that my oldest is in middle school, I am having him do a more traditional curriculum. I feel like I have succeeded in this goal. Especially while they are in elementary school, I want my homeschooled children to have plenty of time to just be kids. What my kids have gained by doing this minimalist curriculum is a whole lot of time. Two that are particularly helpful for learning multiplication facts are Math Sprint and Multiplication Splat. We also play math games to help my kids become more comfortable with these facts. Here are some free multiplication practice sheets that I created. Therefore, I do have my kids practice math facts separately from these sheets. The one part of math that I would like my kids to memorize is math facts. They are getting repeated exposure week after week to the same concepts, so over time, I do find that my kids conceptually understand these concepts better. I want them to understand conceptually what math problems are asking. I do not want my kids to memorize procedures. Does it matter? I can’t say for sure, but personally, I don’t think so. What these worksheets lack is repetition which is a cornerstone of standard curricula. The following week they will have another problem that is similar, but a little harder, which gives them the chance to think through these concepts again. My goal has always been to go over these same problems again later, but so far, I have never managed to do this and it still turns out okay. In this case, I will sit with them and explain how to do it as best as I can, giving them hints until they find their way to the answer. There will undoubtedly be problems that they do not know how to do since there is not a lot of repetition. My kids start off looking through all 10 problems and seeing which ones they can figure out on their own in previous weeks. ![]() Even though my child is only covering 36 problems from each topic, I have made sure that those 36 problems are representative of the range of difficulties that my children encounter using a more traditional curriculum.Įach worksheet takes my child about 30 minutes. Over the course of the 36 weeks of school, the problems get progressively more difficult. The 10 categories that my 6th-grade minimalist math curriculum covers are:įor each week, I have created a worksheet with 10 problems, one from each of these categories. I use these stacks of cards to create 36 problems in each of the 10 categories, one for each week of the school year. I write all the different types of problems on notecards, then I sort them into 10 different categories and arrange them from easiest to hardest. Basically, what I do is take notes on three separate curricula (Saxon, Singapore, and Math Mammoth). If you would like to learn more about the process I used to make these curricula, you can check out my methodology here. If the $5 Patreon cost is an issue, just email me. My oldest is now going into 8th grade and I am working on a Minimalist Algebra 1 curriculum for him with will be shared with patrons in August 2023. If you would like it, please join my Patreon page where you will find a library with the 7th Grade Minimalist Math worksheets and answer key along with other gifts and exclusive content. Updated to Add (May 2023): I now have the 7th grade curriculum complete. ![]()
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